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Breastfeeding Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence
A study shows that women who breastfed for 6 months had a 37% reduced risk of recurrent breast cancer. Women who breastfed for longer than 6 months were at a 39% reduced risk of recurrent breast...
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Is Breast Cancer Risk Correlated With Insulin Levels?
Women who are overweight or obese after menopause have an increased risk of breast cancer. To make matters worse, women who are more obese have an increased risk of being diagnosed with the most common...
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@AmericanCancer, How Can A #Mammography Help #BreastCancer?
Although more sophisticated screening measures for breast cancer has been available over the last 30-years, it hasn’t decreased breast cancer deaths. A mammography can detect smaller cancers but...
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@GenomicHealth Is Making #Cancer Treatment More Effective
Anyone who’s experienced cancer may tell you that the treatments are sometimes the worst part of the illness. A new test is being used for patients who’re diagnosed with early-stage hormone-driven...
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@AmericanCancer Should Love #Diamonds For This Study!
Never underestimate the power of a diamond, especially when it comes to early cancer detection. Researchers found that an MRI scan can be enhanced using the power of diamond nanoparticles. Synthetic...
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#Cooling Cap for #Chemotherapy #Hair Loss
When a patient undergoes chemotherapy to treat cancer, some people experience hair loss. This side effect can be especially devastating for women suffering from breast cancer, which is why the FDA has...
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Are You Surprised #HFCS Spreads #Cancer?
Those of us steeped in a Western diet have a great love for sugar. The irony is that we may not realize it but fructose and high-fructose corn syrup stimulate metastatic cancers. A new study has found...
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#BreastDensity Letter Confusion
When it comes to breast cancer, screening is essential. As it stands, some states send letters to patients, without the courtesy of verbal communication to explain the results. The verbiage in the New...
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How to Reduce #Cancer Risk
Cancer doesn’t play by the rules. In most life situations, when you attack something with a lethal cocktail – it goes away. There’s nothing nice to say about cancer. Some people even believe that...
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#BreastCancer is Hard on #Men
Men aren’t the usual suspects for breast cancer. Women get screened regularly. Women know how to do self-exams for breast cancer. Women get mammograms. The scary fact is that men makeup less than 1%...
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Confusing Study on #Soy Link to #BreastCancer
Maybe I’m overthinking it but I’m all sorts of confused about the soy link to breast cancer. Many people who have experienced breast cancer feel that there’s a strong correlation to soy consumption and...
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Home DNA Testing Worth It?
How badly do you want to be aware of your genetic predisposition to a condition? This is the at-home benefit of a company like 23 and ME – a private readout of your genetic vulnerabilities. But a study...
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Morning People Less Likely to Get Breast #Cancer
A study finds that “morning people” are less likely to develop breast cancer than those who don’t consider themselves early risers. All the participants in the study were women. Of the 180,000 women...
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